EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel vs. S31730 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4903 stainless steel and S31730 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4903 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S31730 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 21 | |
| 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 330 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 | |
| 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 680 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 | |
| 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 380 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 63 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 30 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 650 | |
| 99 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 9.5 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.1 to 90.5 | |
| 52.4 to 61 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.85 to 1.1 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 15 to 16.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |